For me, "you are your own worst enemy" ties to a deeper process of self-knowing, so deep I thought the advice useless once upon a time.

That the Colosseum can be humane, peaceful, and fun for us may be a fitting tribute, though far more fitting if all colonial and imperial endeavors ceased.

...good love poetry is good poetry, expanding sensitivity’s range.

How do we learn? Often by pretending to be who we want to be. Like all things, this is full of complications and contradictions.